- Date
- May 21, 1981
- Place
- Panama City, FL · PANAMA CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88357Bellanca 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810521027229A
- Case key
- 125616
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1235 81/5/21 PANAMA CITY,FL BELLANCA 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1315 N88357 PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL ADVERTISING 55, 2800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1050 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANAMA CITY,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXHAUST VALVE,P/N 75068,IN #4 CYL FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88357
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N88357Registration cancelled Oct 27, 2017 · Bellanca 7GCAAAirframe modelBellanca 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.